The Honourable Pierre L. Muise, a Judge of the Provincial
Court of Nova Scotia (Digby), is appointed Judge of the Supreme Court
of Nova Scotia in Yarmouth, to replace Mr. Justice D.P.S. Farrar, who
was appointed to the Court of Appeal on February 10, 2010.
Mr. Justice Muise received a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Dalhousie
University in 1995. He was admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1996.
Mr. Justice Muise was appointed to the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia
in 2009. Prior to
his appointment, he was a Crown Attorney with the Nova Scotia Public
Prosecution Service
(2001-2009). He was also an associate with Pink Macdonald Harding (1998-2001),
a lawyer with Nova Scotia Legal Aid Commission (1997-1998), and an
associate with Patterson Palmer Hunt Murphy in Truro (1996-1997). His
main area of practice was criminal law.
Mr. Justice Muise was Secretary and Director of the Yarmouth County
Barristers’ Society (1999-2008), as well as President in 2008-2009.
He was a member of the Diversity and Equity Committee of the Nova Scotia
Public Prosecution Service and of the Restorative Justice Regional
Committee (2003-2009) as well as a French-language training coordinator
and liaison with the Association des
juristes d’expression française de la Nouvelle-Écosse (2005-2009).
The Honourable Patrick J. Murray, Q.C., a lawyer
with Murray, Gouthro, Wall, is appointed Judge of the Supreme Court
of Nova Scotia in Sydney, to replace Mr. Justice F.E. Edwards, who
elected to become a supernumerary judge as of April 23, 2010.
Mr. Justice Murray received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A. – Economics
and Political Science) from the University of New Brunswick in 1978
and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Dalhousie University in 1981. He
was admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1981 and was appointed Queen’s
Counsel in 1999.
Mr. Justice Murray has been a senior partner with Murray, Gouthro,
Wall since 2002. He practised with Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales
(1991-2002); Stewart McKeen & Covert
(1990- 1991); Boudreau, Beaton & LaFosse (1983-1990); Gillies & Murray
(1981-1983); and the Dalhousie Legal Aid Clinic in 1981. His main areas
of practice included general litigation, real estate, corporate/commercial,
wills and estates, labour and employment law.
Mr. Justice Murray has been a member of the Nova Scotia and Cape Breton
Barristers’ Society since 1981 and a member of the Canadian
Bar Association since 2006. He was appointed to the Nova Scotia Bar
Society Discipline Hearing Committee (2006-present) as well as to the
Nova Scotia Bar Society Advisory Committee on Queen’s Counsel
Appointments in 2008. He was a past director of the Nova Scotia Legal
Aid Commission. He is an active member in numerous charitable and community
organizations.
